Hedda Gabler Lesson Plan

For this section, students should read midway through Act I of Hedda Gabler, up until the stage directions that introduce Hedda.

Common Core Objectives

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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

First part of Act I (until Hedda’s introduction)

As the play opens, Miss Juliana Tesman (in Norwegian: Juliane, which is pronounced "YOO-li-an-UH") enters the Tesman home and speaks with the servant Berta about her nephew George (in...